食う
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Meanings
- to eat
- to live, to make a living, to survive
- to bite, to sting (as insects do)
- to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of
- to encroach on, to eat into, to consume
- to defeat a superior, to threaten a position
- to consume time, to consume resources
- to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
- to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
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I'm hungry, so let's eat something.
He got bitten by bugs and his whole body is itchy.
Without a job, how are you going to make a living?
The new brand is gradually eating into the established store's market share.
That young player defeated the veteran through sheer ability.
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